Five Sentence Fiction - Feather

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is feather. If you'd like to learn more about Five Sentence Fiction, or give it a try yourself, just visit Lillie McFerrin Writes. Enjoy!

The feather in her hat wasn't there for decoration. It was a key (and a clue if you were looking for one). It was long and black, shining where it sat perched with a flower on the brim. It was her feather, taken from one of her long wings and placed there, her only way back to her true form. Without it, she'd remain a human forever, never again able to fly.

Voila! I hope you enjoyed this little tale. If you're still in the mood for more Five Sentence Fiction, just follow the links below. Don't forget to follow my blog and come find me on twitter @MelanieKCole. Have a great weekend!

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Whimsical
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Companion
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Lucky
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Furious

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Whimsical

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is whimsical. If you'd like to learn more about Five Sentence Fiction, or give it a try yourself, just visit Lillie McFerrin Writes. Enjoy!

She was too old to ride on the carousel, she knew that, but it didn't mean that she didn't want to. She did - more than anything. She wanted to sit astride one of the magical frozen horses, going up and down, round and round, all in time to the soft, tinkling music. 
She could see the one she wanted, looking for it each time it came around, a beautiful golden horse with a red saddle and white mane. And for some reason, one she couldn't quite name, she felt like it wanted her too.

I hope you enjoyed this little story. Don't forget to follow this blog and come find me on twitter @MelanieKCole. If you're in the mood for more Five Sentence Fiction, just follow the links below. Have a great weekend!

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Companion
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Lucky
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Furious
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Misunderstanding

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Companion

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is companion. If you'd like to learn more Five Sentence Fiction, or give it a try yourself, just visit Lillie McFerrin Writes. Enjoy!

I flapped madly at the covers, looking underneath at the big brown eyes staring back at me. People were always shocked when I told them my dog not only insisted on sleeping on the bed but underneath the covers with me. But they didn't understand how happy we both were with the arrangement. I sighed and snuggled back up against her. Yes, we were both happy with the arrangement, aside from the occasional bout of dog gas. 

Inspired by a true story. I hope you enjoyed this little tale, if you did I hope you'll follow this blog and come find me on twitter @MelanieKCole. If you're in the mood for more Five Sentence Fiction, just follow the links below to read past editions. Have a great weekend!

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Lucky
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Furious
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Misunderstanding
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Sunshine

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Lucky

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is lucky. If you'd like to learn more about Five Sentence Fiction, or give it a try yourself, just visit Lillie McFerrin Writes. Enjoy!

Lucky. I sure didn't feel lucky. Not now, not looking at that disgusting plate of bright green vegetables, steam rising from them in clouds that smelled like dirt and something worse, something weird. 
Anxious to avoid another lecture on starving children in Africa, I picked up my fork, speared one of the unsettling sprouts and brought it, trembling to my lips. I took a tiny, almost imperceptible bite. 
Oh dear God... it was ... delicious!

Voila! I hope you enjoyed this weird little tale. If you did, then I hope you will honour me by following this blog, as well as come find me on twitter @MelanieKCole. If you're still in the mood for more Five Sentence Fiction, just follow the links below and read past editions. Happy weekend!



Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Furious
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Misunderstanding
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Sunshine
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Ache

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Furious

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is furious. If you'd like to learn more about Five Sentence Fiction, or give it a try yourself, just visit Lillie McFerrin Writes. Enjoy!

She glanced over at her daughter before returning her eyes to the road, noting the small hands curled into tight fists, the hardened stare that was fixed pointedly out the window. She wouldn't get another word out of her, not right now.
With a sigh, she adjusted her hands on the wheel and reminded herself to be patient. This was just a rough patch, a phase; at least that's what the book said. She stole another glance at her daughter and prayed to the universe that the book was right, because it sure didn't feel like it.

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Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Misunderstanding
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Sunshine
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Ache
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Frozen

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Misunderstanding

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction Friday. This week's prompt is misunderstanding. If you'd like to learn more about Five Sentence Fiction, or give it a try yourself, just visit Lillie McFerrin Writes. Enjoy!

"Hey, is he gone yet?"
"Yeah, he just left."
 "Ugh, can you believe what a pompous, controlling, bald-headed ass Brian is?"
"This is Brian."
"... Uh, I think I dialed the wrong number."

I hope I made you smile with this very short story. If you'd like to read more Five Sentence Fiction, just follow the links below. Also, please feel free to follow this blog and come find me on twitter @MelanieKCole. Have a great weekend!

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Sunshine
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Ache
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Frozen
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Sparks

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Sunshine

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is sunshine. (As soon as I saw that I thought of Robin McKinley's book, SUNSHINE. I love that book). If you'd like to learn more about Five Sentence Fiction, or give it a try yourself, just visit Lillie McFerrin Writes. Enjoy!

Sunshine; they call me that ironically because of my dark moods and foul temper, but they don't realize how true the name is. The sun is a billion miles a way and made of molten fire, which sounds a lot like me. A girl has to keep her distance in a world like this, and if you're not made of fire then what the hell are you made of? And I know something else the sun and I have in common. One of these days, no one knows when, we're both going to implode.

A weird little monologue for this week's tale. Hopefully you enjoyed it, because I won't lie, it was fun to write. I also hope you'll have a great weekend, and maybe even follow this blog and come find me on twitter @MelanieKCole. If you're still in the mood for more Five Sentence Fiction (and who wouldn't be?) just follow the links below.

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Ache
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Frozen
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Sparks
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Clutch

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Ache

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is ache. If you'd like to learn more about Five Sentence Fiction, or give it a try yourself, just visit Lillie McFerrin Writes. Enjoy!

It felt like a lump in her stomach, a big aching ball of tension. She swallowed hard, blinking back tears, willing them to stay behind her eyelids. The only choice she had was to get out of there, fast. Any moment now those tears would start to fall and everyone would know that the smile she'd pasted on her face was fake. She ducked her head down, let her hair fall in a curtain around her face and made for the door. 

Voila! I hope you enjoyed this little story. If you'd like to read more, just follow the links below and read past editions. Don't forget to follow this blog and come find me on twitter @MelanieKCole. Have a great weekend!

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Frozen
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Sparks
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Clutch
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Moon

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Frozen

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is frozen. If you'd like to learn more about Five Sentence Fiction or give it a try yourself, just visit Lille McFerrin Writes. Enjoy!

She ran from the car to the front door, fighting with her key to get the door open. It was only a few steps but it was long enough for her to be freezing by the time she made it inside. With a sigh, she curled up in front of the fireplace and opened her computer. She had thought she'd be able to make it until spring, but now she knew it was time to give in. She went online and started looking at travel websites.

 Voila! I hope you enjoyed this little story. If you did, please feel free to check out the links below and read past editions. Have a great weekend!

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Sparks
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Clutch
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Moon
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Moments

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Sparks

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is sparks. If you'd like to learn more about Five Sentence Fiction, or give it a try yourself, just visit Lillie McFerrin Writes. Enjoy!

She shielded her eyes as another shower of sparks cascaded down around the room.
"I said, supper is READY!" she shouted.
Her husband nodded from behind his mask and she turned to leave. She couldn't tell what he was working on, but whatever it was, she hoped it wouldn't be as big a disappointment as the last one. Their neighbours had never really forgiven them for that.

I hope you enjoyed my little story. If you did, and you'd like to read more, just follow the links below. Don't forget to follow this blog and come find me on twitter @MelanieKCole. Have a great weekend, everyone!

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Clutch
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Moon
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Moments
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - This Year's Favourite

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Clutch

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is clutch. If you'd like to learn more about Five Sentence Fiction, or give it a try yourself, just visit Lillie McFerrin Writes. Enjoy!

"Darling, could you pass me my clutch?"
Dutifully, he reached over and grabbed the small, purple purse from the end table and handed it to her, crying out, "Jesus, what do you have in there? A brick?"
"The universe, of course," she smiled. 
He didn't know she was serious, he'd never bothered to look inside. If he had he would have seen just that, and probably collapsed on the spot. 

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Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Moon
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Moments
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - This Year's Favourite
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Silver

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Moon

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is moon. If you'd like to learn more about Five Sentence Fiction, or give it a try yourself, just visit Lillie McFerrin Writes. Enjoy!

"I see the moon and the moon sees me," she sang softly, lifting the curtain to look out the window.
Outside, way up in the sky, she really could see the moon, yellow and round, it's surface pockmarked in just such a way to make it look like a large smiling face staring down at her. She wished it could. They would be friends, the moon and her. They would go on adventures together and she would leave it all behind and never come back. 

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Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Moments
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - This Year's Favourite
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Silver
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Alone

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Moments

Welcome to Friday and the first edition of Five Sentence Fiction for 2014. This week's prompt is moments. If you'd like to learn more about Five Sentence Fiction, or give it a try yourself, just visit Lillie McFerrin Writes. Enjoy!

The receptionist was yammering on again, complaining loudly to no one in particular that her computer wasn't working again. No one felt like telling her that it wasn't the computer that had the problem. My boss was talking loudly on the phone, threatening another vendor that incompetence would not be tolerated. I looked dismally at the pile of work still sitting untouched on my desk, the same work I plodded through day after day. It was moments like these that made me bring up job sites on my computer.

Okay, this isn't my most upbeat piece (and I swear it has nothing to do with me having to go back to work on Monday), but I hope you enjoyed it nonetheless. If you did, please let me know in the comments below, and if you really enjoyed it, I hope you'll follow this blog and come find me on twitter @MelanieKCole. If you're still hungry for more Five Sentence Fiction, just check out the links below. Have a great weekend everyone!

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - This Year's Favourite
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Silver
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Alone
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Highway

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - This Year's Favourite

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. There was no prompt this week on Lillie McFerrin's website. My guess is due to all the Christmas whatnot that takes over our lives this time each year. So, instead I've chosen to share my favourite edition of Five Sentence Fiction over the past year. I hope you enjoy it.

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Goggles

May 10, 2013

"Stephanie, honey, could you please take off those damn goggles?"
Stephanie could tell her mother was exasperated but she just shook her head. The goggles were important, they were the only way to tell when someone was telling the truth. She watched her mother on the phone with her dad, through the lenses of the goggles she could see the blue fog pour out of her mouth. She was lying to him about something, she just wasn't sure what.

I hope you enjoyed, my pick for favourite of the year. Please read feel free to read through this year's editions of Five Sentence Fiction and let me know what your own favourite is as well. Just click on the Five Sentence Fiction label at the bottom of this post. I hope you'll check back next Friday for the start of a new year of Five Sentence Fiction.

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Silver

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is silver, a very fitting prompt on this last Friday before Christmas. If you'd like to learn more about Five Sentence Fiction, or give it a try yourself, just visit Lillie McFerrin Writes. Enjoy!

She touched the ornament, looked down at the dusting of glitter sticking to her fingertips. She liked the way it rotated slowly on the branch, catching the light, shimmering just so. 
She was supposed to be finishing her Christmas shopping, not mooning over pretty ornaments, but she couldn't help herself. She plucked it from the store tree and took it to the counter, desperate to race home and hang it on her own tree.
Something wonderful was going to come from this ornament, she just knew it. 

Voila! A little holiday cheer just for you right before the holidays. If you're in the mood for more Five Sentence Fiction, just check out the links below. Don't forget to follow this blog and come find me on twitter @MelanieKCole. Have a great weekend!

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Alone
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Highway
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Human
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Pieces

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Alone

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is alone. If you'd like to learn more about Five Sentence Fiction, or give it a try yourself, just visit Lillie McFerrin Writes. Enjoy!

It wasn't supposed to be this way. Man wasn't meant to live alone. And yet, what choice did he have? It's one thing to nag, but when your wife starts trying to eat your brains you really have to put your foot down. Still, he couldn't help but miss her...

Yes, I felt I'd gone a few too many weeks without zombies. I hope you'll forgive me, not to mention follow this blog. If you're in the mood for more Five Sentence Fiction (and not just zombie related), follow the links below. Have a great weekend!

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Highway
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Human
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Pieces
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Letters

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Highway

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is highway. If you'd like to learn more about Five Sentence Fiction, or give it a try yourself, just visit Lillie McFerrin Writes. Enjoy!

She realized a little too late that she never should have gotten off the highway. The little side road had seemed charming at first, but the road had become rougher and rougher, and when she finally decided to just turn back, there was nothing to turn back to. The road behind her had simply disappeared, leaving a dead end in its place.
The road was now too rough to continue on in her car, so she took her purse and set off on foot, looking back only once at her beat up old chevy, unsure of whether she'd ever see it again.
In truth, she would, but it's hard to recognize a car that's been sitting by the side of the road for 100 years.

Voila! I hope you enjoyed this little tale, and if you did, please share it with friends. Don't forget to follow this blog and come find me on twitter @MelanieKCole. If you're still hankering after more Five Sentence Fiction, just follow the links below to read past editions. Have a great weekend!

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Human
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Pieces
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Letters
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Dancing

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Human

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is human. If you'd like to learn more about Five Sentence Fiction, or give it a try yourself, just visit Lillie McFerrin Writes. Enjoy!

He'd been crying for a long time before the realization finally hit him that his hands were wet. He looked down at the shining tears in his hands and reached up to wipe at his eyes. The tears were coming from him!
He looked down at his hands again, no longer polished and painted wood, but real hands with blood and skin and muscle. He was real, finally a real flesh and blood boy.

Voila! I hope you enjoyed my take on this little fairy tale and I hope you have a great weekend. Don't forget to follow this blog and leave your comments in the comments section. You might also want to come find me on twitter, @MelanieKCole. I'm mildly entertaining from time to time. And if you're still in the mood for more Five Sentence Fiction, just follow the links below.

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Pieces
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Letters
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Dancing
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Erased

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Pieces

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is pieces. If you'd like to learn more about Five Sentence Fiction, or give it a try yourself, just visit Lillie McFerrin Writes. Enjoy!

For a moment she just stared down at the glittering pieces scattered along the floor. The talisman was her only way home and she'd broken it. 
The jeering voices of the crowd were growing louder. She quickly bent and gathered up the pieces, shoving them into her pockets. She'd find a place to hide and she'd put them back together, everything would be fine as long as she didn't miss any...

I hope you liked this little tale, if you did then please share it with friends. If you're still in the mood for more Five Sentence Fiction, just follow the links below. Don't forget to follow this blog and come find me on twitter @MelanieKCole. Have a great weekend!

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Letters
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Dancing
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Erased
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Determination

Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Letters

Welcome to Friday and this week's edition of Five Sentence Fiction. This week's prompt is letters. If you'd like to learn more about Five Sentence Fiction, or give it a try yourself, just visit Lillie McFerrin Writes. Enjoy!

The first letter arrived on a rainy Tuesday. Every day another arrived in the mailbox, mixed in with the bills and flyers. She knew that she must have written them, the only person who could have known her thoughts so intimately was herself, but she didn't remember writing them, and she couldn't explain how every letter managed to describe in detail events that hadn't happened yet.
Indeed, every letter that arrived in her mailbox, written in her own handwriting, warned her what would happen that day, told her what would go wrong and what would go right.
The letters were always right, and although at first she was wary, soon she found herself running to the mailbox every morning... that is, until the day she received the letter that told her she was about to die.

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Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Dancing
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Erased
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Determination
Five Sentence Fiction Friday - Malice